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The letter itself begins with the
\opening command. The text
of the letter follows. It is typed as ordinary LaTeX input.
Commands that make no sense in a letter, like
\chapter, don't work. The letter closes with a
\closing command.

Closing matter

Several commands may be used after the \closing command:

\ps{PS text} command produces a "P.S."

\cc{text} command produces the usual "cc: text".

\encl{list of enclosures} command produces an "encl:" list

Date

The \today command is
used by the letter document style to
generate the date. If you wish a fixed date, rather than the
current date, you should use